13 THE AGILE JOURNEY TO THE NEW PLATFORM

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

Adapted from Charles Darwin1

In terms of digital transformation initiatives, there’s often a lot of talk in terms of strategy and less emphasis on practical execution. Everyone wants to advise the CEO and the board, but these discussions often only take the conversation so far.

So how should an organisation think beyond the strategy and get to transformative execution and outcomes? It’s important to develop an approach that can span this divide between strategy and execution so that once the transformation objectives have been selected, there’s a clear path ...

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